Measurement of the properties of a Higgs boson in the four-lepton final state

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Abstract

The properties of a Higgs boson candidate are measured in the $H \rightarrow ZZ \rightarrow 4l$ decay channel, with $l=$e,$\mu$, using data from pp collisions corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 5.1 fb$^{-1}$ at center-of-mass energy of $\sqrt{s}=7$ TeV and 19.7 fb$^{-1}$ at $\sqrt{s}=8$ TeV, recorded with the CMS detector at the LHC. The mass, width, production cross section and the production mechanism fractions of the new boson are measured. Several hypotheses of spin-0, spin-1, and spin-2 are tested. A fit for the anomalous couplings of a spin-0 hypothesis is performed. All properties of the Higgs boson candidate are found to be consistent with the Standard Model.

Authors

  • Ian Anderson

    Johns Hopkins University